Cansu Waldron is a writer and curator dedicated to exploring the intersection of art and technology. Originally from Istanbul, Türkiye and currently based in New York, she earned her MA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts as a Wasserman Scholar and has since been shaping conversations around digital art through curatorial work, writing, and public speaking.
In 2023, she founded Digital Arts Blog, a publication devoted to supporting digital artists, promoting inclusivity, and fostering a deeper public understanding of digital practices. Since then, it has become a go-to resource for both emerging and established creators, featuring thoughtful interviews, essays, and reviews. Her writing also extends beyond the blog, with contributions such as the foreword to Clayton Campbell’s Trance of Thought and features in outlets including Forbes, Lifewire, Medicinal Media, Blue Tech Wave Media, and Woman’s World.
Her curatorial projects bring together artists, technologists, and audiences in collaborative and experimental ways. Making Our Miracles (2025–26), created with artist Clayton Campbell, presents contemporary digital ex-voto artworks by a global group of artists using AI-assisted tools. Blink Twice (2025), Hudson’s first augmented reality–driven exhibition, combined physical prints with interactive digital overlays, where each work came alive when the viewer chose to look again. Earlier projects include We’ve been dreaming about a magical jungle (2023), the official pavilion for The Wrong Biennale, which gathered eleven artists in a virtual show exploring intimacy and the organic within the digital, and Women of the World (2022) at NFT.NYC, a large-scale collaboration with Infinite Objects, NOWHERE, and STARTBAHN she co-curated as part of Studio As We Are, highlighting over 130 women-identifying NFT artists from all seven continents.
Beyond writing and curating, Cansu has contributed to the field as a panelist, speaker, and juror, helping to recognize and support new voices in digital art. She has served on selection committees and juries for the Lumen Prize (Literature & Poetry category), the NYFA/NYSCA Fellowship, the CREATE SCR Grant, the UArt Media Festival in Kyiv, and more. She has spoken at international conferences, including NFT.NYC 2025, where she joined a panel on “The Evolution of Digital Art NFTs”, and a Scientific Inquirer panel, where she moderated “The Future of Color.” She was also featured in a documentary by NYU Cinema Studies, offering insights into the possibilities of interactive storytelling.
Through it all, she’s focused on championing digital artists, keeping the creative conversation alive, and making sure art, tech, and culture connect in ways that actually matter.
Also, her name sounds like john+sue but she’ll definitely respond to kansu, so no worries.
“Fifty years from now, art historians will look back at the turn of the century and see digital art as the defining medium of our time, and I want to play my part in ensuring the most meaningful works are recognized and preserved.” – Cansu Waldron, quoted in Forbes by Ana María Caballero